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What does it mean?
Recent generations search for truth by accepting fiction as reality.
In plain terms
We seek truth by accepting stories as real.
What can you take from it?
Accept useful stories when seeking truth.

Where it applies

  • history
  • thinking
  • living

Putting it to work

  • study history
  • question stories

Questions to consider

  • What is truth?
  • What story do you live?

Another view

Fiction can mislead more than help.

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